Creal Springs vs Pittsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Creal Springs and Pittsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Creal Springs and Pittsburg are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pittsburg has the higher population (515 vs 354 in Creal Springs). Pittsburg has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $43,333 in Creal Springs). Pittsburg has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $57,600 in Creal Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Creal Springs	Pittsburg
Population	354	515
Median age	34.7 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,333	$54,063
Median home value	$57,600	$101,900
Median gross rent	$625	$1,007
Housing units	230	266
Homeownership rate	72.2%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creal Springs	Pittsburg
Population	506 → 354 (-30.0%)	552 → 515 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $43,333 (-5.0%)	$40,568 → $54,063 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$52,600 → $57,600 (+9.5%)	$77,900 → $101,900 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$519 → $625 (+20.4%)	$950 → $1,007 (+6.0%)

Creal Springs

Population

506354

Median household income

$45,625$43,333

Median home value

$52,600$57,600

Median gross rent

$519$625

Pittsburg

Population

552515

Median household income

$40,568$54,063

Median home value

$77,900$101,900

Median gross rent

$950$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creal Springs	Pittsburg
Under 5	7.3%	1.9%
5 to 17	21.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	14.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	7.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	16.9%
75 and over	7.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creal Springs	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creal Springs	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	16.6%	10.0%
High school graduate	31.9%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creal Springs	Pittsburg
Drove alone	86.7%	92.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creal Springs	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	77.4%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Creal Springs	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	21.8%	17.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1960	1966